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The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. In his Resignation E Mail he said there is a short supply of Serious Multilateral Negotiating Experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uks Negotiating Tea M Structure of the uks Negotiating Team need rapid resolution. He reveals that even he does not know what the governments Negotiating Objectives for brexit will be. But it is sir ivans implic
has conducted itself? committee has conducted itself? there is a lot of detail in the report. at this point i think it is probably a good idea to look at the conclusion is the committee has come to with regard to that central claim of borisjohnson deliberately misleading the house of commons. and here on page 57, about half way through this lengthy report, they say the categories are misleading, they conclude that borisjohnson misled the house. on the 1st of september and at 2021 all guidance was followed in number 10. when he said on the 8th of december that rules and guidance were followed at all times. on the 12th ofjanuary, 2022, when he said events at number 10 are within the rules and guidance. and that the 25th of may, 2032, when he said the rules and guidance had been followed at all times when he was present to which at farewell. they go on to say he misled the house when he failed to tell mps about his own knowledge of
the prime minister was making that comparison, which i think is a fair comparison. it does not excuse the kind of behaviour we saw from thugs last night. is brandon lewis by saying, sir keir made the apology and there was that inquiry. if you look, the prime minister has also made some apologies. if you look at his apologies. if you look at his apologies on the 8th of december about the christmas parties, he said he apologised for the offence and the impression it gives. on the 12th of january when the the impression it gives. on the 12th ofjanuary when the summer garden parties had been revealed as well, the prime minister s apology at that point was, there were things we simply did not get right, i must take responsibility. i went into the garden, i believed implicitly this was a work event. so the prime minister apologising for things we did not get to write. labour today though, have been saying he absolutely should withdraw the comments and apologise for the comments and apologise